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Rise of the Machines: Robot Kills Man at Volkswagen Plant
truther July 3, 2015 0A contractor at one of Volkswagen's production plants in Germany has been killed after a robot grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate
Read More »‘Software disaster’: Pentagon never even planned F-35’s gun to shoot until 2019
truther January 5, 2015 0The problem with the gun system of the Pentagon’s most advanced F-35 jet, which won’t be able to shoot until at least 2019, is just a part of the disaster of ridiculously over-complex software,
Read More »Flying car approaches liftoff as most advanced prototype yet is unveiled
truther October 30, 2014 1With its sportscar cockpit and dragonfly wings that fold in neatly behind the cabin, it looks like something straight out of the Batcave or Q’s secret laboratory. But the creators of AeroMobil’s Flying Roadster
Read More »DARPA’s Jet Pack Gives Supersoldiers a 4-Minute Mile
truther September 15, 2014 0There is an array of research that seeks to create super soldiers. Back in 2010, a plan was announced to install transcranial ultrasonic mind control devices into soldiers' helmets in order to boost alertness,
Read More »Robots will be smarter than us all by 2029, warns AI expert Ray Kurzweil
truther February 26, 2014 1By 2029, computers will be able to understand our language, learn from experience and outsmart even the most intelligent humans, according to Google’s director of engineering Ray Kurzweil. One of the world’s leading futurologists and
Read More »Here’s why Google is building a robot army
truther January 2, 2014 2For the past few weeks, we've all been thinking why Google purchased Boston Dynamics, the organization that makes those scary Big Dog and PETMAN robots for the army. This comes after the organization declared
Read More »The Day Google Became Skynet
truther December 16, 2013 0The New York Times reports that Google has just purchased Boston Dynamics, the company known for building biomimetic robots for DARPA, the US agency that oversees military research. This news comes just a week after
Read More »Google Buys DARPA-funded Robotics Firm Boston Dynamics
truther December 15, 2013 1Google has announced that it has purchased Boston Dynamics, the engineering firm which has produced all those creepy dystopian future robots for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), such as the Big Dog
Read More »NASA Contributes to The Evolution of the Humanoid Robot With “Valkyrie”
truther December 12, 2013 0This is an update to the ongoing technocratic mission to replace humans with robots. In the age of computers, things evolve exponentially. In just a few generations robots have gone from a scientific fantasy, to
Read More »DARPA’s New Project Sounds A Lot Like Computers That Think For Themselves
truther October 24, 2013 0Trading isn't the only thing that happens in milliseconds nowadays, complicated exploits of computer systems happen just as fast — and with astounding potential consequences. The newest competition out of the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Read More »Humanoid Robots to Flying Cars: 10 DARPA Projects
truther October 21, 2013 0The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has a reputation for working on some of the most cutting-edge, futuristic projects — many that could easily be mistaken for science fiction. The agency,
Read More »Robots to take over jobs in human service industry, increasing the percentage of unemployed Americans
truther April 4, 2013 5The so-called "service industry" - which includes restaurants, entertainment outlets, retail stores and hotels, among other businesses - has traditionally been one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in the country, even in a struggling
Read More »One Million Robots: Our Replacements Have Arrived
truther November 17, 2012 1In the ongoing debate as to whether robots will help or hurt the job market in the U.S. and overseas, some concrete answers are beginning to appear. Foxconn is a Chinese electronics manufacturer of mobile
Read More »Pentagon Wants Rescue Robots Built In Time For the Next “Natural Disaster”
truther November 2, 2012 1In the wake of Tropical Storm Sandy, the Pentagon has requested that a team of “rescue robots” be engineered in time for the next “natural disaster”. The DARPA Robotics Challenge is putting out the
Read More »DARPA combines human brains and 120-megapixel cameras to create the ultimate military threat detection system
truther September 25, 2012 0After more than four years of research, DARPA has created a system that successfully combines soldiers, EEG brainwave scanners, 120-megapixel cameras, and multiple computers running cognitive visual processing algorithms into a cybernetic hivemind. Called
Read More »Shoot to Kill: Autonomous Robots Developed By DARPA Will Not Question Orders
truther September 5, 2012 1The Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program seeks to find ways to utilize different remote robotic manipulation systems that are controlled by humans. This program is divided into 3
Read More »Synthetic Police Are Coming: DARPA Engineering Autonomous Robots
truther August 19, 2012 3Because of the risks involved in rescue aid workers and human response teams, DARPA awarded Boston Dynamics, Inc. a $10.9 million contract to manufacture humanoid robots that are bi-pedal, built like humans and have
Read More »Pentagon Developing Autonomous Humanoid Robots To “Perform Evacuation Operations”
truther August 17, 2012 0The Department of Defense has awarded a lucrative contract to an engineering and robotics design company to develop and build humanoid robots that can act intelligently without supervision. Boston Dynamics Inc. has been contracted by
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